- Michael Hernandez - Without Cause
The high-profile Florida legal case involving juvenile offender Michael Hernandez centers on the brutal February 2004 murder of his 14-year-old classmate, Jaime Gough, in a bathroom stall at Southwood Middle School in Palmetto Bay, Florida.
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Kevin Jazrael Davis is a Texas man who was sentenced to life in prison in October 2014 for the March 2014 murder and subsequent defilement of his mother, 50-year-old Kimberly Hill.
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A highly publicized case where Mia Desiree Harris shot, but did not kill, her 6-month-old granddaughter, Myra Buffington.
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COURT RECORDS • State v. Draper, Idaho Supreme Court, September 2011 • State v. Adamcik, Idaho Supreme Court, January 2012 • Adamcik v. State, Idaho Supreme Court, December 2017 • Adamcik v. Ramirez, U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, November 2019 • Adamcik v. Ramirez, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, March 2022 • Stoddart v. Pocatello School District No. 25, Idaho Supreme Court, 2010 • Miller v. Alabama (2012) and Montgomery v. Louisiana (2016), U.S. Supreme Court • Appellate briefs, Idaho Supreme Court Records and Briefs, University of Idaho College of Law Digital Commons • Bannock County trial exhibits (videotape recordings and transcript), released February 2023 under the Idaho Public Records Act NEWS • Idaho State Journal, "Murdered girl's funeral draws 500: Family, friends remember Stoddart," October 2006 • Idaho State Journal, "Tapes shown at murder trial," April 2007 • KBOI 2 News, "Draper convicted in teen's death," April 2007 • Idaho State Journal, "Adamcik guilty of murder," June 2007 • Idaho State Journal, "Draper, Adamcik get life," August 2007 • The Spokesman-Review, "Teenage killers chatty on ride to prison," August 2007 • The Spokesman-Review, "Judge refuses to reduce life term for teen killer," March 2008 • KXLY, "Supreme Court tosses civil case in student slaying," 2010 • Idaho State Journal, "Adamcik: 'I want to apologize to Cassie's family,'" July 2015 • Idaho State Journal, "Remembering Cassie Jo: Brother opens up on 10th anniversary of grisly murder," September 2016 • Oxygen, "Brian Draper, Torey Adamcik Kill Teen Cassie Jo Stoddart," Dateline: Secrets Uncovered • Biography.com, "Where Are Torey Adamcik and Brian Draper Now? All About Cassie Jo Stoddart's 'Scream Murder' Killers," February 2026 • Obituary of Anna Maria Price, April 2022 TELEVISION, VIDEO AND PODCASTS • It Is What It Is! (YouTube channel), "The other side of a killer. My interview with Brian Draper"
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The murder of Cassie Jo Stoddart occurred on September 22, 2006, in Pocatello, Idaho.
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Michael D. Parks pleaded guilty to the murder and decapitation of his wife, Hope Parks, in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
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Extreme Audio Warning: Towards the back half of this episode, it features audio involving children and a mother in extreme audible distress.
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Paul John Knowles, famously nicknamed "The Casanova Killer," was an American serial killer who terrorized the United States during a brutal, four-month cross-country crime spree in 1974.
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American serial killer responsible for at least 18 murders during a violent multi-state killing spree.
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The Harold Easter case involves the tragic in-custody overdose death of 41-year-old Harold Easter in January 2020 after an arrest by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) in North Carolina.
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John Michael Hughes is a convicted murderer from Simpsonville, South Carolina, who, along with members of his family, orchestrated the January 2015 ambush and slaying of his estranged son-in-law, John Michael Ferrell.
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Paul Michael Stephani, known as the "Weepy-Voiced Killer," was an American serial killer who murdered three women and attacked two others in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area between 1980 and 1982.
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George T. Greer is a Kentucky man who was arrested in February 2024 for a violent samurai sword attack that killed one woman and severely injured two other people while he was under the influence of drugs.
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The tragic 2015 true-crime case of 7-week-old Data Toria Hancock, an Oregon infant who died of severe starvation and maltreatment.
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Today we explore a tragic 2022 emergency call that shattered a quiet Louisiana neighborhood and left four young children trapped in a real-life nightmare.
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Artist: Willa Mae
Intro Song: Affliction
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On September 7, 1997, city park workers discovered the remains of a newborn boy near the Moses statue in Albany's Washington Park. Because his identity was initially unknown, the City of Albany and local funeral directors held a proper, deeply moving memorial service and burial for the infant.
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On September 7, 1997, city park workers discovered the remains of a newborn boy near the Moses statue in Albany's Washington Park. Because his identity was initially unknown, the City of Albany and local funeral directors held a proper, deeply moving memorial service and burial for the infant.
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Matthew Hoffman, often referred to as the "Leaf Killer", is an Ohio man serving a life sentence for the 2010 murders of three people and the kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl.
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Martinez met a married woman on a dating app. He eventually met up with her and her husband, Anthony Brines. After a night of drinking, smoking marijuana, and using a Ouija board, a violent altercation broke out that would change their lives forever.
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Obscura is not AI slop. It will never be AI slop.
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